Wheel-tire.



PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906. T. FURLONG.

WHEEL TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT,2, 1905.

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PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

v No. 824,476.

T. FURLONG. WHEEL TIRE. APPLICATION FILED 0UT.2,1905.

. inventor Thomas Furlong UNITED sra'ras THOMAS FURLONG, or er. Louis, nissouin.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J lie 26,1eoe.

Application filed October 2, 1905. Serial No. 280,993-

To all whom it mztycorwern;

Be it known that I, THOMAS FURLONG, a citizen of the'United-States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Wheel-Tires, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanylng drawings, forming part of this specification, in Which Figure 1 is a sectional view through a portron of myimprovedwheel, and Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the tire. i This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in wheels designed especially for automobiles, the tire being designed as an improvement upon the tire shown in United States LettersPatent No. 582,194, granted to me February 11, 1897.

The object of my present invention is to en able the tire to be readily introduced upon and removed from the rim of the Wheel, and

in the event of a puncture occurrin in the tire so as to release the confined air, the tread of the tire will be supported by the base orti on of the tire, thus enabling the wheel to e used temporarily Without destroying the tire or injuring the rim.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the wooden felly; and 2 the spokes.

the removable flange 4 in place. inner portion of the tire extends into the cir- 3 indicates an L-shaped metallic rim secured to the felly, and d is a removable flange on said rim.

The tire 5 is essentially circular in cross section; but from the'inner periphery thereof extends a base portion 6, provided with transverse openings through which securing-bolts 7 are passed, said bo ts also serving to hold The solid cular portion some distance, the lower face of said solid portion being convex, as shown. From the outer periphery of the tire extends a solid tread projection 8 having a flat face,

, said face being pitted c'r honeycombed in substantially the manner shown in my aforesaid patent, No. 582,194. The inner surface of the tire above this tread portion is preferably concave, the radii of the curve being substantially the same as the radii of the curve of the up er convex base portion.

' 9 indicates t e tube of an inflating-valve having a ca on its inner end, said tube extending tot e rim and felly of the wheel, as is well understood.

To place the tire on the wheel, the openings in the base portion are alined with the openings in the flange of the metallic rim, after which the bolts are slipped through and the removable flange 4f placed in position, nuts being screwed upon the ends of the bolt to hold said flange in place and clamp the base portion of the tire in position. The tire is then inflated in the usual manner. In the event that the tire is punctured the side Walls thereof will fold, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, so as to permit the concave inner face'of the tread portion to rest u on the convex face of the base portion, enab ing the wheel to be run without danger of cutting the comparatively thin side walls and Without injuring the rim or folly.

I am aware that minor changes in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of my device can be made and substituted for those herein shown and described Without departing from the nature or principle of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. An inflatable tire comprising a solid base portion having a fiat face which bears upon paratively thin side walls connecting the base and tread portions, the inner face of the base portion. being convex and the inner face of the tread portion being concave so that when the tire is deflated the tread portion will rest squarely upon the base portion and thus produce practically a solid tire of rectangular shape in cross-section; substantially as described.

2. In a Wheel, the combination with a flat metallic rim having a straight flange and a removable cooperating flange, of an inflatable tire having a solid'base portion of approximately rectangular shape in cross-section which rests on thefiat face of the Wheel-rim and is confined between the flanges thereof, said base portion being of greater depth than the height of said flanges, a solid rectangularshaped tread portion of approximately the same Width as the base portion, and walls of comparatively thin material connecting the base and tread portions, the inner face of the base portion being convex and the inner face 4 of the tread portion being concave so that Whefi the tire is deflated the tread pertion signature, in the presence bf twb wi will rest squarely u on the base portion andv I this 30th dayiet Sep ember, 5- all liability of the anges 0f the rim of t e Wheel damaging the connecting Walls 9f, 1", I

5 tire will be obviated;

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THOMA$ FURLO NG. substantially as de- Withessesf scribed. f F. RHQO'RIQ'WALL,

In testimony whereof I hereunto effix my, GEORGE 'B gEyvELL. 

